If I were on some foggy mountain top I'd sail away to the west I'd sail all around this whole wide world To the girl I love the best ♪ Now, if you see that girl of mine There's something I want you to tell her Tell her not to be a-wastin' her time Runnin' round with some other fella Oh, she's caused me to weep, and she's caused me to moan Caused me to leave my home The lonesome pines and the good-old times I'm on my way back home If I were on some foggy mountain top I'd sail away to the west I'd sail all around this whole wide world To the girl I love the best ♪ Oh, if I'd only listened t'what my mama said I would not have been here today Lyin' around this old jail cell Just weepin' my poor life away If I were on some foggy mountain top I'd sail away to the west I'd sail all around this whole wide world To the girl I love the best